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Adt creates the access-date parameter and value for most Citation templates.

Access (retrieved) dates may be implemented in three formats and should be consistent throughout the article:

  • D Month YYYY: 3 November 2025  ("DMY" – day followed by full month name, followed by year; no leading zeros)
  • Month D, YYYY: November 3, 2025  ("MDY" – full month name then day; comma separating the day and year; no leading zeros)
  • YYYY-MM-DD: 2025-11-03  ("ISO" — all numeric, with 2-digit day and month)

Usage

This template must be subst'd.

When subst'd, the template provides the access-date parameter name, the = sign, and the formatted date. You may specify a date format to be consistent with the other citations in the article:

Markup Generates Renders as

 |{{subst:adt}}


 |{{subst:adt|dmy}}


 |{{subst:adt|mdy}}


 |{{subst:adt|iso}}

 |access-date=CURRENTDAY CURRENTMONTHNAME CURRENTYEAR


 |access-date=CURRENTDAY CURRENTMONTHNAME CURRENTYEAR


 |access-date=CURRENTMONTHNAME CURRENTDAY, CURRENTYEAR


 |access-date=CURRENTYEAR-CURRENTMONTH2-CURRENTDAY2

 |access-date=10 November 2025
 (default; the most common internationally)

 |access-date=10 November 2025
 (same as default)

 |access-date=November 10, 2025
 (chiefly US)

 |access-date=2025-11-10
 (ISO 8601; chiefly technical)

Note that the template does not include the leading pipe (|); always precede {{subst:adt}} with a pipe character as in the examples above.